Athlon 1100 vs Pentium M 740

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesPentium Mno data
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Thunderbird B (2000−2001)
Release date19 January 2005 (19 years ago)14 August 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$853

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Base clock speed1.73 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache32 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB256 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm180 nm
Die size87 mm2120 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors144 million37 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.26V-1.356Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketPPGA478, H-PBGA479A
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 January 2005 14 August 2000
Chip lithography 90 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 60 Watt

Pentium M 740 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 122.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium M 740 and Athlon 1100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium M 740 is a notebook processor while Athlon 1100 is a desktop one.


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